Tag: Lgbtq
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Children’s Colorado must resume care to transgender plaintiffs, state Supreme Court rules by 5-2
The Colorado Supreme Court, by a 5-2 vote, ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado on Monday to resume providing certain medical services to a group of transgender plaintiffs, which it had ceased in the face of funding threats from the federal government last year. The unusual appeal before the Supreme Court stemmed from a trial judge’s rejection…
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Supreme Court rules rejects Colorado’s ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for children
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a Colorado counselor a victory over the state’s “conversion therapy” ban on minors, concluding that the law represents an “egregious form of content discrimination.” The justices ruled 8-1 that Colorado’s conversion therapy law regulates speech based on viewpoints by permitting the counselor to “express acceptance and support for clients exploring their identity…
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Colorado lawmakers repeal ban on same-sex marriage in state statute
On Monday, Gov. Jared Polis, First Gentleman Marlon Reis and state legislators signed the, ‘Protecting the Freedom to Marry,’ bill which removed language in Colorado statute stating that marriage is only valid between a man and a woman.
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Federal judge rejects challenge to Colorado’s ‘chosen name’ law, District 27J’s LGBTQ policy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt by two parents to block a 2024 Colorado law requiring public schools to use a student’s chosen name, as well as their school district’s corresponding policy intended to support LGBTQ students. “John and Jane Doe” filed suit…
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10th Circuit declines to upend women’s volleyball tournament in lawsuit over trans player
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver declined on Tuesday to order a Colorado Springs-based athletic organization to bar a transgender woman from participating on her college’s volleyball team and alter the record of wins and losses among schools immediately before a tournament is set…
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Colorado Supreme Court dodges constitutional question, dismisses latest Masterpiece Cakeshop case on procedural grounds
A divided court concluded the lawsuit implicating free speech rights and anti-discrimination protections was not properly filed
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Queer Ski Weekend coming to Keystone, Colorado in March | Whiteout
Telluride hosting Gat Ski Week in southern Colorado
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Federal judge begins trial on Catholic schools’ claims against Colorado preschool program
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge heard arguments and testimony beginning on Tuesday over whether Colorado’s new universal pre-kindergarten program unconstitutionally forces a pair of Catholic preschools to violate their religious beliefs about sexual orientation and gender identity in order to participate as providers. In August, the Archdiocese…
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Community gathers for one-year remembrance of Club Q shooting
On Sunday, November 19, 2023, a crowd assembled outside the main entrance of Club Q, a former LGBTQ+ establishment in Colorado Springs, to honor those killed in a mass shooting one year ago today.